Calk or creeper attachment for horseshoes.



JOHN J'. CONNOR, OF PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND.

CALK R CREEPER ATTACHMENT FOR HORSESHOES.

Speclcation of Letters Patent.

Application led March 24, 1911.

Patented Aug. 22, 1911.

Serial No. 616,587.

To allwhom it may concern:

Be 1t known that I, JOHN J. CONNOR, citizen of the United States,residing at Providence, in the county of Providence and State.

of Rhode Island, have invented certain new and useful Im rovements i'nCalk or Creeper Attachments or Horseshoes, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relates to improvements in 0 calk or crecper attachmentsfor horse shoes and has for its object to provide a simple, inexpensiveand durable device of this character which may be quickly and easilyattached to or detached from the shoe. -5 A further object of theinvention resides in the provision of a air of loosely pivoted calkcarrying bars of improved construction and improved means for securelyfastening them upon the horse shoe and hoof. 4 l0 With these and otherobjects in view the invention consists of certain novel features ofconstruction, combination and arrangement of parts which will be morefully described and particularly pointed out -in the f5 ap ended claim.

- n the accompanying drawings: Figure 1 is a side view of a hoof withthe invention applied to the shoe thereon; Fig. 2 is a perspective viewof the attachment; Fig. 3 is a bottom plan view, the horse shoe beingindicated in dotted lines, three of the calks being removled; Fi 4 is adetail cross sectionl view throug one of the calk carryars.

55 y invention comprises two crossed bars 1 having a loose pin and slotpivotal connection where they intersect and provided at their ends withmeans to engage the horse shoe S and the hoof H. The pivotal connectionbetween the bars is effected by providing a pivot pin 2 having enlargedends or heads and having its central portion arranged for slidingmovement in slots 3 formed in the intermediate portions of the bars 1.One of the bars 1 has its slot formed in a downwardly offset portion 4disposed beneath the longitudinal plane of the end portion of said barwhereby the end ortions of the pivot bars will be disposed in t e samehorizontal plane as will be readily understood on re erence to Figs. 1and 42.

At the forward ends of the bars 1 are formed u wardly extending grippingfingers 5 ada te to engage above the'shoe and hoof, e upper rearwardlyturned extremi- 'constructing the bars with the ties 6 of said fingersformin ri in s urs. At the rear ends of the bei? lptiie g:gfoilnedupwardly bent grippin fingers 7 which engage the outer' edges o the heelportions of the shoe adjacent the usual heel calks and have inwardlybent projections or spurs 8 to enter between the bottom of the ho'of andthe upper side of the shoe whereby the rear ends of the bars will besecurely engaged with the shoe when the device is applied.

In order to fasten the ba-rs in engagement with the shoe and hoof afterthey have been shifted on each other and their gripping fingers andspurs made to engage sai parts, I rovide front and rear flexible andadjustab e members 9, l() preferably in the form of straps havin theirends adjust-ably connected by buc les 11 or analogous adjusting devices.The front strap 9 passes through vertically disposed eyes 12 forme byUshaped loops arranged on the front faces of the fingers 5 whereby thestraps 9 will extend across the front of the toe port-ion of the hoofand cause the front ends of the bars 1 to be securely retained inposition. The rear strap 10 passes through rearwardly and horizontallydisposed eyes 13 in the form of U shaped members projecting rearwardlyfrom the rear end p0rtions of the bars 1. This arrangement of the eyesor loops 13 causes the strap 10 to be disposed beneath the heel portionsof the shoe as clearly shown in Fig. 3.

The bars 1 have depending from them calks 14 which may be of any formand construction but are preferably detachably connected to said bars.One manner of connesting the calks is illustrated in Fig. 4 and consistsin forming threaded openings in enlargements 15 formed on the bars 1adjacent their ends. Each calk 14 has a tapered lower end and a reducedthreaded upper end or shank 16 which latter screws into one of thethreaded openings of one of the enlargements 15. The intermediateportion of each calk has a flat faced wrench engaging portion 17 and aprotecting annular flange 18 for said fiat faced portion.

From the foregoing it will be seen thatby ippmg members at their endsand with t e loose pivotal connection intermediate their ends, they maybe readily adjusted upon each other and caused to effectively grip theshoe and hoof; and by providing the flexible and adjustableconnectingstraps or similar devices 9 and 10, said members willeffectively retained in their adjusted positions.

It will be noted that by providin the pivot in 2 for free movement inthe Ongitudina slots 3,. of both of the cross bars 1, the latter mayshift freely on each other and 'into different angular positions withTespect to each other, so that the devicemay accommodate itself to horseshoes and hoofs -of any size'within certain limits. The .pro-

provides a device which will not only be durable and effective in usebut which may be made at a small cost and applied to'various kinds andsizesof horse shoes without altering the construction in any way.

From the foregoing description taken in connection with the accompanyingdrawings the constructionv andl operation of the 1nvent-ion will bereadily understood Without vrequiring amore ext-ended explanation.

Various changes in the form, proportion --and the minor details ofconstruction. may

be resorted to without departing 'from the tremities to engage' thehoof, shoe'gripp'u'frg fin ers extending upwardly from the rear' en s ofsaid bars and having forwardly ex-j. tending tapered projections attheir upper extremities to enter between the hoof Aand the shoe, eyesarranged vertically on' thev shoe gripping lingers at thefront ends ofsaid bars, a strap passed through the last mentioned eyes and having itsends-adjustably connected, eyes arranged horizontally' on the rearportions of said 'bars,and a-second strap passed through the lastmentioned eyes and having its ends adjustably ,connects ed, as and forthe purpose set forth.

in presence of two witnesses.

JOHN Witnesses:

HENRY A. MURPHY, JOHN C. QUINN.

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- In testimony whereof I affix my signature?? J. CONNOR.;

